Linux kernel found to have a trio of 15-year-old vulnerabilities that could allow root access

Linux-based operating systems are generally recognized as being far more secure than the likes of Windows and macOS -- but that's not to say they're without their flaws. Illustrating precisely this is the discovery of no fewer than three vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that could be exploited to gain root access to a system. That researchers from cybersecurity firm GRIMM managed to find so many vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel is one thing, the fact that they have lain there undetected for 15 years is quite another. The vulnerabilities (which are being tracked as CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364 and CVE-2021-27365) exist… [Continue Reading]